Actief Group joins forces with Hartmanns to enter the Danish market

Lummen (Belgium), June 30, 2022 – Actief Group, a leading Western European independent staffing company, joins forces with Hartmanns A/S (“Hartmanns”). Hartmanns, headquartered in Ballerup, is the number three temporary staffer in Denmark putting c. 1,000 people to work. Moreover Hartmanns offers specialised recruiting services, outplacement and advisory services. The partnership with Hartmanns enables Actief Group to enter the Danish market and add a strong complementary company with a solid client base to its activities.

Hartmanns and Actief have a similar strategy which is focused on a local-for-local approach, thereby providing high value services to its clients. The CEO of Hartmanns, Mrs Anne-Mette Ravn, remains on board and will lead Actief’s operations in Denmark.

Mrs. Anne-Mette Ravn, CEO of Hartmanns: “We felt a strong connection with Actief right from the start and we believe there is an excellent fit with the Actief philosophy and DNA. We are therefore thrilled to join the Actief family and further build our Danish operations together.”

Mr. Mark Maesen, CEO of Actief Group, complements: “Hartmanns and Actief show many similarities in vision and culture and the core values fit well together. Both do more than just temporary staffing. A personal approach, involvement and sincere attention for employees and customers are both central to us. In addition, the major importance of local presence and entrepreneurship applies to both companies. This is where we make the difference.”

Actief Group is active in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and now also in Denmark with in total more than 230 branches, thereby employing more than 22,000 temporary employees. In 2022 sales is expected to reach EUR 800 million.

With this acquisition Actief Group follows its growth strategy of the past couple of years, focused on achieving above market organic growth complemented with strategic add-on acquisitions. It has the ambition to achieve a top 10 position in each of the countries it operates in.

About Hartmanns

Hartmanns is a Danish HR service provider headquartered in Ballerup (near Copenhagen) providing end-to-end HR services to both private and public clients. Founded in 1996, the company covers the full circle: from temporary workers and recruitment to outplacement and advisory services within the working environment. Hartmanns was chosen as top 10 best place to work in Denmark for 7 years in a row.

About Actief Group

Actief Group is one of the largest independent staffing companies in Western Europe. Founded in 1988 in Lummen (Belgium), Actief delivers a professional link between supply and demand on the labor market and offers companies an optimal and flexible service in their search for personnel. Its success is founded on its deep roots in local networks of small and medium sized enterprises, combined with a firm belief in anti-cyclical investments, a high degree of stability and most importantly the quality and drive of its employees. Backed by its majority shareholder Gilde Equity Management, Actief Group quadrupled sales since 2011, with the first footsteps outside of Belgium made with the acquisition of TiP (2014), Tence (2015) and Prima Personeel (2019) in the Netherlands, ISU Group (2015), TimeCraft (2017) and AB Zeitpersonal (2017) in Germany and Jobmade (2018) in Austria. With the acquisition of Hartmanns, Actief Group now operates through five Western European countries.